BPJ0%LEHIGH.BITNET@ibm1.cc.lehigh.edu (Binoy 'Bin' James.) (04/10/90)
I'm using a 2 floppy 2000 system and have the following question. Say I boot with Disk1 and want to run say Dpaint from df1:. Now when Dpaint runs it will look for fonts in df0: ie my system disk. Now if I type assign sys: df1: will it make dpaint look for fonts and other stuff (like libraries and devices) in df1:? If not is there a way to do the above? ie: make the system think I booted from the disk in df1: and look for everything there? Can you do this from Workbench somehow? Thanx, Bin
new@udel.EDU (Darren New) (04/10/90)
In article <16292@snow-white.udel.EDU> BPJ0%LEHIGH.BITNET@ibm1.cc.lehigh.edu (Binoy 'Bin' James.) writes: >Now if I type assign sys: df1: will it make dpaint look for fonts and >other stuff (like libraries and devices) in df1:? No. You need to reassing the FONTS: assignment. For a list of all the "system" assignments you need to make, boot from a vanilla workbench disk, get to the CLI, and type "assign" by itself. All the directories it shows need to be reassinged to your hard disk. >If not is there a way >to do the above? ie: make the system think I booted from the disk in >df1: and look for everything there? There is a program I have which came from my CLtd controller software disk which I *think* is PD. I'm sure there is a PD one out there somewhere. >Can you do this from Workbench somehow? Yes. Read you enhancer manual about "iconx". You can run CLI scripts from the workbench by giving them a project icon with the default tool set to "C:ICONX". There are probably better ways to do this too. If DPaint is all you are worried about, you can change the fonts: assignment with the requestor inside dpaint III. -- Darren
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (04/14/90)
BPJ0%LEHIGH.BITNET@ibm1.cc.lehigh.edu (Binoy 'Bin' James.) writes: >I'm using a 2 floppy 2000 system and have the following question. >Now if I type assign sys: df1: will it make dpaint look for fonts and >other stuff (like libraries and devices) in df1:? If not is there a way >to do the above? ie: make the system think I booted from the disk in >df1: and look for everything there? >Can you do this from Workbench somehow? While in CLI type ASSIGN by itself and press return. It will list out all the logical devices. See all the devices that are assigned to the workbench disk? Like FONTS: L:, LIB:, SYS:, etc?? You have to reassign each of those to the appropriate directory on DF1: Like: Assign FONTS: df1:fonts Assign SYS: DF1: Assign L: DF1:L and so on... Best thing to do is put it all into a file and then execute the file whenever you want to reassign them. -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 2400bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP | | PH: (502) 968-DISK If you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.